One way or another, however, Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith confirmed that the Buccaneers are preparing for Sunday’s game as if Bradford will start to ensure that they’re ready to go and prepared to clinch their first road win of the season.

“I think we have to prepare like Sam Bradford is going to play,” Smith said on Wednesday at One Buc Place. “They said he is day-to-day, so when we hear that we’ve got to plan like he is going to play. He’s a very efficient quarterback and we’ve got to plan like he’s going to play. If we don’t see him, the guy that is going to be playing, we played him last year and we didn’t perform as well as we needed to. There will be some motivation on our part in the defensive room. That was not the type of performance that we wanted to put out there and we did.”

The Vikings still haven’t confirmed which quarterback will start this weekend, but we will continue to keep you updated as the week progresses. Keenum saw a significant amount of success last season against the Buccaneers so regardless of who starts, the Bucs have to be well prepared and ready for a challenge.

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